Advocacy Alert: NEMA Advocacy Workshops

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Jan 18, 2022 | News, Publick Occurences

PUBLICK OCCURRENCES — January 18, 2022 ADVOCACY ALERT Massachusetts History Advocates: Make this the year that you communicate with members of your government. Stand up for yourself, your organization or the field of history in general. Learn how to effectively...

Ideas and Suggestions for 2022 Mass History Conference

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 27, 2021 | News, Publick Occurences

PUBLICK OCCURRENCES — December 28, 2021 2022 MA History Conference: Send us your Ideas, Suggestions, Proposals Embracing the New or Unexpected: The 2022 Mass History Conference June 6 and 7, 2022 The 2022 Conference will take place on June 6 and 7, 2022. We will...

Conversations on the Commons January 21: All About Objects

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 16, 2021 | Conversations on the Commons (event), News, Publick Occurences

PUBLICK OCCURRENCES — December 16, 2021 All About Objects: Artifact Care and Description January 21, 2022, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Panelists tba Filigree or verdigris? Crazing or cracking?  There’s a lot of talk about archival processes, but what about object...

Conversations on the Commons January 7: Teaching New England Slavery to Kids

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 16, 2021 | Conversations on the Commons (event), News, Publick Occurences

PUBLICK OCCURRENCES — December 10, 2021 January 7, 2022, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Registration is free. REGISTRATION OPEN SOON. With Kristin Gallas. Second panelist tba. This Conversation will be livestreamed. We will do our best to monitor your questions and...

Conversations on the Commons December 10: Membership…a must?

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 16, 2021 | News, Publick Occurences

PUBLICK OCCURRENCES — November 20, 2021 December 10, 2021, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. With Carol S. Ward, Executive Director of the Lexington Historical Society, and Dawn Estabrooks Salerno, Executive Director at the Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum Does...

Town Meets Gown: Connections between local history organizations and academics (22 October 2021)

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 16, 2021 | News, Publick Occurences, Uncategorized

How do academic scholars and local museums and historical societies work together? Has your museum worked with scholars and/or researchers? Do you have a long term working relationship with a researcher or public history scholar? What have they worked on for you? How...